According the TPPH Public Relations and International
Relations office, Eng. Pishahang, TPPH Deputy Production Leadership said: “by
increasing the capacity of thermal power plants, the installed capacity in this
section has reached to 78332 Mw. The new power plant capacity is created by
exploiting Shirvan, Samangan, Taban, Parand and Behbahan power plants.”
38% efficiency of
power plants
He added: “based on Ministry of Power statistics,
country’s power plants efficiency is about 38.5 percent. The 12th
Government program is to increase the thermal power plants efficiency at least
to 40 percent.”
Referring to the types and amounts of power plants’ fuels,
Eng. Pishahang said: “in the last year, the consumed fuel of the power plants
was included 88.5 percent natural gas, 6.5 percent gasoline, and 5 percent mazut.
In the 6 months of the current solar year, 95.5 percent
gas, 2.5 percent gasoline and 2 percent mazut have been consumed yet.”
